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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 5 October 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 22
  2. 25
  3. 40
  4. 43
  5. 45
  6. 46

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 2,269 of 2,591 under them

← 2024-10-02All recent draws2024-10-07 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed22 25 40 43 45 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 October 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 37% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread9th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 284 of each

22281times
25297times
40279times
43284times
45

Prize breakdown · 2024-10-05

  • Lines in play≈ 202kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$33.6Kto 5.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 522%$7.3K
  • Match 428%$9.5K
  • Match 4 with Kicker28%$9.3K
  • 2 other tiers22%$7.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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278times
46294times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,268 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (25, 40, 43, 45) with the draw of 25 September 2023 — its closest relative in 2,268 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 October 2024): 43, 45 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

221

The numbers add up to 221 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 45–46. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

25 had not appeared for 13 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 63% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,200,000
  • Match 55≈ 4.1 by chance$1,461
  • Match 4217≈ 212 by chance$44.00
  • Match 33,773≈ 3.8k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker53$176
  • Match 3 with Kicker906$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈202k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,773 winners, 0% more than the 3.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,200,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 55$1,461
    Match 4 with Kicker53$176
    Match 4217$44.00
    Match 3 with Kicker906$4.00
    Match 33,773$1.00
    Totals4,954—